Suppose Home Depot issues 30-year bonds on which it pays a 5.0% (nominal) interest rate. Further, suppose that both Home Depot and the purchasers of its bonds anticipate inflation will average 2.75% during the life of the loan. Now suppose the inflation rate after the loan is made (i.e. after the bond is purchased) is actually 4.75% per annum. It follows and, ceteris paribus, that the actual real rate of interest is are (is) financially better off than anticipated as a result of the difference between the anticipated and the actual rate of inflation. O a. 2.5%, Bondholders O b. 2.5%, Home Depot O c. 0.25%, Bondholders Od. 0.25%, Home Depot
Suppose Home Depot issues 30-year bonds on which it pays a 5.0% (nominal) interest rate. Further, suppose that both Home Depot and the purchasers of its bonds anticipate inflation will average 2.75% during the life of the loan. Now suppose the inflation rate after the loan is made (i.e. after the bond is purchased) is actually 4.75% per annum. It follows and, ceteris paribus, that the actual real rate of interest is are (is) financially better off than anticipated as a result of the difference between the anticipated and the actual rate of inflation. O a. 2.5%, Bondholders O b. 2.5%, Home Depot O c. 0.25%, Bondholders Od. 0.25%, Home Depot
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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose Home Depot issues 30-year bonds on which it pays a 5.0% (nominal) interest rate. Further, suppose that both
Home Depot and the purchasers of its bonds anticipate inflation will average 2.75% during the life of the loan. Now
suppose the inflation rate after the loan is made (i.e. after the bond is purchased) is actually 4.75% per annum. It follows
that the actual real rate of interest is
and, ceteris paribus,
are (is) financially better off than anticipated as a
result of the difference between the anticipated and the actual rate of inflation.
O a. 2.5%, Bondholders
O b. 2.5%, Home Depot
O c. 0.25%, Bondholders
O d. 0.25%, Home Depot
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